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Soafty ~-­ \ SOAftY "10V1t ft1:W~lT1: JU\.Y iSl, 1996 ltC1SmtR: WCAW ( FADE IN ON A RINGINGTELEPHONE. A hand reaches for it, bringing the receiver up to the face of CASEY BECKER, a young girl, no more than sixteen. A friendly face with innocent eyes. CASEY Hello. MAN'S VOICE (from phone) Bello. Silence. CASEY Yes? MAN Who is this? CASEY Who are you trying to reach? MAN What number is this? CASEY What number are you trying to reach? MAN I don't know. CASEY I think you have the wrong number. MAN Do I? CASEY It happens. Take it easy. CLICK 1 She bangs up the phone. The CAMERA PULLS BACK to reveal Casey in a living room, alone. She moves from the living room to the kitchen. It's a nice house. Affluent. The phone RINGS again. ~ -::::. l. =···-: 2. INT. KITCHEN /, ,•,. ,. Casey grabs the portable • CASEY Hello. MAN I'm sorry. I guess I dialed the wrong number. CASEY So why did you dial it again? MAN To apologize. CASEY You' re forgiven. Bye now. MAN Wait, wait, don't bang up. Casey stands in front of a sliding glass door. It's pitch black outside. CASEY What? MAN I want to talk to you for a second. CASEY They've got 900 numbers for that. Seeya. CLICKl Casey hangs up. A grin on ber face. EXT. CASEY'S HOUSE- NIGB'l' - ESTABLISHING A big, country home with a huge sprawling lawn full of big oak trees. It sits alone with no neighbors in sight. The phone RINGS again. INT. KITCHEN Popcorn SIZZLES in a pot on the stove. Casey covers it with a lid, reaching for the portable phone. CASEY Bello. ~ -- (CONTINUED) CONTINUED: MAN Why don't you want to talk to me? CASEY Who is this? MAN You tell me your name, I'll tell you mine. CASEY (shaking the popcom) I don't think so. MAN What's that noise? Casey smiles, playing along, innocently. Popcorn. MAN You're making popcorn? CASEY I Uh-huh. r MAN I only eat popcorn at the movies. CASEY I'm getting ready to watch a video. MAN Really? What? CASEY Just some scary movie. MAN Do you like scary movies? CASEY Uh-huh. MAN What's your favorite scary movie? Be's flirting vi th her. Casey moves away from the stove and takes a seat at the kitchen counter, directly in front of the glaaa door. r .· ~· (CONTINUED) 4. CONTINUED z ( 2 ) CASEY I don't know. MAN You have to have a favorite. Casey thinks for a second. CASEY Uh •• HALLOWEEN.You know, the one with the guy with the white mask who just sorta walks around and stalks the baby­ sitters. What's yours? MAN Guess. CASEY Uh ••• NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET. MAN Is that the one where the guy had knives for fingers? CASEY Yeah •• Freddy Krueger. MAN Freddy--that' s right. I liked that movie. It was scary. CASEY The first one was, but the rest sucked. MAN so, you gotta a boyfriend? CASEY (giggling) Why? You wanna ask me out? MAN Maybe. Do you have a boyfriend? GIRL No. MAN You never told me your name. Casey BDLiles, twirling her hair. (CONTINUED) CONTINUED:(3) CASEY Why do you want to know my name? MAN Because I want to know who I 'm looking at. Casey spins around like lightning facing the glass door. CASEY What did you say? MAN I want to know who I 'm talking to. CASEY That•s not what you said. MAN What do you think I said? Casey CLICKS on the outside light. A flood light illuminates the backyard. Her eyes survey the grounds. But it's empty. No one's there. She turns the light out. on the stove, the popcorn POPS. CASEY I have to go now. MAN Wait •• I thought we were gonna go out. CASEY Nah, I don't think so •.• MAN Don't hang up on me. CASEY Gotta go. MAN CLICKI Casey hangs up. She checks the glass door making sure it• s locked and then moves to the stove as ••• THE PHONE RINGS. She slides the popcorn from the stove, reaching for the phone. (CONTINUED) 6. CONTINUED:( 4 ) CASEY Yes? MAN I told you not to hang up on me. CASEY What do you want? To talk. CASEY Dial someone else, okay? MAN You getting scared? CASEY No--bored. CLICK. She hangs up. The phone RINGS again. She grabs it. CASEY Listen, asshole ••• MAN (deadly serious) NO, YOULISTEN, YOULITTLE BITCH. IF YOU BANGUP ON ME AGAIN I'LL GUT YOULID A FISH. UNDERSTAND? Total silence. Be has gotten her full attention. CASEY Ia this some kind of a joke? MAN More of a game, really. Casey eyes the glass doors, then looks up the hallway to the front door ••• moving to it. It's unlocked. She bolts it. CASEY I •m two seconds from calling the police. MAN They'd never make it in time. Casey moves her face flush against the door, her eye looking through the peephole. (CONTINUED) 7. CONTINUED 1 ( 5 ) ANGLETHROUGH PEEPHOLE. A distorted view of the front porch. It is empty. She relaxes a bit, relieved. CASEY What do you want? MAN (pure evil) TO SEE WHAT YOUR INSIDES LOOK LIKE. Casey• s jaw drops as total fear storms her face. She hangs up the phone, throwing it down on a Bide table when ••• THE DOORBELLCHIMES. Casey leaps out of her skin. She turns to the door as it CHIMESagain. CASEY , (calling out) Who's there? Another CHIME. She moves to it. CASEY (louder) ~ ••-· Who's there? No answer. Fuck this. It's time for the police. She goes for the portable phone. Just as she picks it up ••• IT RINGS. · Casey almost drops it, losing her breath ••• She brings it to her ear with trembling hands, saying nothing ••• listening, waiting • •. A long silence. And then. MAN You should never say •Who's there?• • Don't you watch scary movies? It's a death wish. Casey clutches the wall, nearly collapsing. She tries her damndest to hang tough. ~--· (CONTINUED) e. CONTINUEDz ( 6 ) CASEY Look, enough is enough. You had your fun now you better leave me alone or else. MAN or else what? CLOSEON her face, her mind thinking, calculating ••• CASEY My boyfriend will_ be here any second and he'll be pissed when I tell him ••• MAN I thought you didn't have a boyfriend. Busted. She holds steady. CASEY I lied. I do have a boyfriend and he'll be here any second and your ass better be gone. MAN Sure ••• -<?:::, ::: ~: CASEY .-· I swear it. And he' s big and plays football and will beat the shit out of you. MAN I'm getting scared. CASEY I'm telling the truth. I lied before ••• MAN I believe you ••• CASEY So you better leave. MAN Bis name wouldn't be Steve, would it? Silence. Casey buckles at the knees, losing it. CASEY Bow do you know his name? (CONTINUED) 9. CONTINUED: ( 7 ) ~-­ MAN \ ' Go to the back door and turn on the porch light-again • .Casey, terrified, forces herself to move ••• staggering to the kitchen ••• to the glass doors. Ber shaky hand finds the light switch ••• she hits it. The back yard is lit. Sitting in a lawn chair in the middle of the backyard is a big, line backer of a guy, her boyfriend ••• STEVE tied and gagged. Be"s been roughed up, but he 1 s alive. CLOSEON his eyes •• wide in fear •• staring at his girlfriend, pleading with her. CASEY Oh Goddddd ••• Casey SCREAMS. Ber hand moves to the lock on the door. MAN I wouldn't do that if I were you. Terror rides Casey• s face. She's petrified. CASEY Where are you? MAN Guess. Ber eyes search the yard, combing bushes, trees. Be could be anywhere--anywhere. CASEY (begging) Please don't hurt him. MAN That all depends on you. CASEY Why are you doing this? Tears find their way, streaming down Casey's face. MAN I wanna play a game. ~ :-: \ '' (CONTINUED) 10. CONTINUED:(8) CASEY No ••• MAN Then he dies. Right now. CASEY NOOOl MAN Which is it? A long silence. Casey touches the glass ••• ataring at Steve ••• this big jock of a guy is crying too. CASEY What kind of game? MAN Turn off the light. Her hand goes to the switch ••• Steve tugs and pulls at his straps ••• as if begging her ••• his face sweat and tears ••• CLICK He disappears in the darkness. Casey moves away from the glass, back towards the living room, unbelieving,,horrified. MAN Here"s how we play. I ask a question. If you get it right--Steve lives. Three curtainless windows line one wall. Casey crouches down behind the couch, ripping a lamp cord from it's socket, darkening the room. Her body quivers. CASEY Please don't do this ••• MAN Come on. It'll be fun. CASEY No ••• please. MAN It's an easy category. Movie trivia. CASEY (begging) •• please ••• .-- .•,· ~ : (CONTINUED) 11. CONTINUED: ( 9 ) HAN I'll even give you a warm up question. CASEY Don't do this. I can't •• MAN Name the killer in HALLOWEEN. CASEY No ••• MAN Come on. It's your favorite scary movie, remember? Be had a white mask, he stalked the baby-sitters. Casey goes silent ••• a nervous wreck ••• she can barely speak much less think. CASEY I don't know ••• MAN Come on, yes you do. CASEY Please •• stop ••• Casey is SOBBING. MAN What's his name? CASEY I can't think.
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